TNLA Members Lead the Green Industry
Each year, TNLA recognizes outstanding contributions and achievements in the Green Industry with Young Leader Awards, Arp Awards, Honorary Lifetime Memberships, Texas Excellence in Landscaping Awards and Summit Awards.
TNLA Arp
Honors an individual professional for their outstanding contributions to the Industry.
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1942 J. M. Ramsey
1943 L. M. Riggs 1944 Wilma Gunter 1945 V. E. Martin 1946 Not awarded 1947 S. G. Verhalen 1948 M. P. Ramsey 1949 O. J. Branch 1950 Gene Howard 1951 Don King 1952 John Van Valkenburgh 1953 J. B. Fitzpatrick 1954 S. Clark Kidd 1955 A. F. DeWerth 1956 Ralph Ellis Gunn 1957 Dr. Richard P. White 1958 Frank S. Cornelius 1959 R. C. Aldridge, Sr. 1960 L. C. House 1961 Jack Jones 1962 W. E. Gentry, III |
1963 L. A. “Slick” Dean
1964 L. J. Hilscher 1965 Raymond Mosty 1966 Bob Baker, Jr. 1967 Warren Landwermeyer 1968 Sterling Cornelius, TCNP 1969 James H. Walker 1970 Earl Vallot 1971 B. R. Fullingim 1972 Charles Black 1973 Everett Janne 1974 Ray Haynes 1975 Bill Bradshaw, TCNPE 1976 Joe Crank 1977 Winston Jones 1978 Richard C. Aldridge, Jr. 1979 Sterling Cornelius, TCNP 1980 Sidney Meadows 1981 Dr. James A. Foret |
1982 George Wechsler, TCNPE
1983 George Pletcher 1985 Richard Hayes 1986 E. Curtis Taber, TMCNP 1987 Dr. William C. Welch 1988 Grady Wadsworth 1989 Otis Hawkins 1990 Harry Cole 1991 Elaine K. Turner, TCNPE 1992 Jesse Grubb 1993 John Bracken, TMCNPE 1994 Joe Tew 1995 James K. Presnal 1996 Anne Muscat 1997 Eddy D. Edmondson 1998 Bill Shaw 1999 Joe Burks 2000 Joanne Harden & James Harden, TMCNP 2001 Jack Davis, TCNP |
2002 Tom Mikulastik
2003 Dr. Don Wilkerson 2004 Gary Kinney 2005 Dr. Sam Cotner 2006 Jim Prewitt 2007 Tom Dickerson 2008 Not awarded 2009 Mike Branch 2010 Bill Brown, TCNP 2011 Dr. Charlie Hall 2012 Jim Estill, TMCNP 2013 Dr. Steve George 2014 James Wilhite, TCLP 2015 Sam Weger, TMCNP 2016 Bob Cartwright 2017 Mark Harris, TCLP, CLP 2018 Mark Chamblee, TMCNP 2019 John Peters, TMCNP 2020 Neil Sperry 2021 Johnette Taylor 2023 Bill Carson |
TNLA Young Leader
Given to the person who has made a significant impact on the Texas Nursery & Landscape sector early in their career.
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1996 Mark Baxmann, TMCNP
1997 Weston Pacharzina, TMCNP 1998 Sandy Buell 1999 Michael Payne, TMCNP 2000 Todd Kinney, TMCNP 2001 James Harden, Jr., TMCNP 2002 Steve Taber, TMCNP 2003 Joseph Johnson, TMCNP 2004 Josh Bracken, TMCNP 2005 Adrian Muehlstein, TMCNP & Jackie Smith 2006 April Herring, TCNP 2007 Michael E. Brown, TCLP 2008 Not awarded 2009 Derek Whisenand |
2010 Carmelo Orellana, CLT
2011 Jared Pyka 2012 Jason Craven 2013 Clayton Leonard 2014 Jade Hopson 2015 Zac Tolbert 2016 Kyle Cahill, TCLP, TCWSP & Brad Seever 2017 John Leifester, TCLP, CA 2018 Rebecca Dubiski 2019 James Theiss, TCLP, TCWSP, CA 2020 Veronica Seever 2021 Giuseppe Baldi TCLP, TCWSP, TCNP 2023 Rachel Shelton |
TNLA Summit
The highest honor bestowed on a TNLA member firm. The 2018 Summit Award Finalist are Mortellaro's Nursery and Southern Botanical!
2012 – Southwest Wholesale Nursery
2013 – Calloway’s Nursery
2014 - KBW Supply
2015 – Living Earth
2016 – Whiz-Q Stone
2017 - Landmark Nurseries, Inc.
2018 - Mortellaro's Nursery, Ltd
2019 - Hotchkiss Insurance Agency, LLC
2020 - Everde Growers
2021 - Billy Long Enterprises, Inc.
2023 - Creekside Nursery
TNLA Honorary Lifetime Membership Award
Awarded to a career filled with honor dedication, hard work and valiant service to TNLA and the Green Industry.
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Anne Muscat
B.R. Fullingim Bart Blaydes Bill Brown Bill Shaw Billy Powell Bonnie Trammel C. Sterling Cornelius Carroll Wilson Charles Black, Sr. Charles Britton Charles Sudduth Dr. Charles Hall Dr. Cynthia McKenney Dr. Dan Lineberger Dr. David Creech Dr. Don Wilkerson Dr. Doug Welsh Dr. Edward Hiller Dr. George Tereshkovich Dr. Jerry Parsons Dr. Larry Barnes |
Dr. Sam Cotner
Dr. William Welch E. Curtice Taber Eddy D. Edmondson Elaine K. Turner Everett Janne Floyd Ireland Frank Millsap Gary Kinney George Pletcher George Wechsler James Dacus James K. Presnal James Walker Jim Estill Jim Prewitt Joe Skinner John Bracken John L. Botter Leonard M. Riggs, Sr. Linda Bracken Marilyn Good Neil Sperry |
R.C. Aldridge, Jr.
Ralph Pinkus Ray Haynes Richard Hayes Richard Mosty Rick Agee Scott Mosty Shirley Staples Steve Verhalen, Sr. Ted Turner, Sr. Todd Staples Tom Dickerson Warren Landwermeyer Wiston Jones Dr. Jerry Parsons Mark Chamblee, TMCNP Paul Wright Mark Rose Dr. Michael Ward Mike Yelverton |
Sam Weger, TMCNP
Greg Grant, TMCNP Jack Davis, TCNP James Wilhite, TCLP Bob Cartwright Mark Harris, TCLP Joanne and James Harden TMNCP Dr. Kevin L. Ong |
TNLA Staff Team Award
The Staff Team Award is presented to an individual who has been of outstanding service to the Association in an administrative capacity during the past year. The Staff Team Award was initiated in 1975 to recognize those unsung heroes who labor behind the scenes. In 2017 the award was renamed TNLA Staff Team Award. (*Deceased)
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TNLA County Agent Award
This award is bestowed on individuals in recognition of their outstanding leadership in the nursery and landscape industry and also AgriLife Extension.
2021 Paul Winski
2023 Robert "Skip" Richter
2023 Greg Grant
2023 Robert "Skip" Richter
2023 Greg Grant
